The Jet Club – R.I.P

Anyone who grew up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney in the 80s and 90s has a soft spot for the Dee Why Hotel.
Also known as ‘The Jet Club’ and ‘The Jetti’, this was THE place to go when you hit 16. (When you hit 19 you felt old and moved on to Mona Pub). It has its own Facebook Group.
This was the place of many random drunken nights, dancing away to Daft Punk’s “One more Time”, or slipping around at a Foam Party. It helped that drinks were $2.20 and it was literally a 2min walk home for me. It was even the location of our great Tri-21st party, with Phil and Craig.

Finally the Jetti hit rock bottom, tried Friday R&B for a while before closing its doors at night for good. It was no longer the place to be (was it ever really?) with Newport Arms, Mona Pub, Surf Rock, and now DY RSL all taking their share. So it was only a matter of time. Plans came through to redevelop Dy Hotel into a massive pub/shopping/apartment building, destroying forever our beloved Jet Club.

We knew this was coming, and is already under way. But being overseas I have been living in Denial. Now, I have just received these photos from my dad of the space that once was the Dee Why Hotel.

So, to the Jet Club. R.I.P.